02158nam 2200421 450 991080809080332120201211124208.00-8139-4444-9(CKB)4100000011462649(MiAaPQ)EBC6151855(EXLCZ)99410000001146264920201211d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBacklash libel, impeachment, and populism in the reign of Queen Anne /Rachel CarnellCharlottesville ;London :University of Virginia Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (229 pages)0-8139-4442-2 Introduction: Backlash then and now -- 1. A "very murdering" battle and a salacious court memoir -- 2. Secret history and seditious libel -- 3. A provocative Tory sermon -- 4. The general who would be king -- 5. A female satirist in court -- 6. Impeachment and public opinion -- 7. Impeached but triumphant -- 8. A Tory victory lap and parliamentary elections -- Epilogue: Why the backlash of 1710 matters today."Rachel Carnell tells the story of a backlash against decades of increasingly progressive government in Britain after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The book relates the arrest of a Tory political satirist and Whigs' impeachment of a High Church clergyman and the resulting backlash, with mobs surging the streets. Queen Anne dissolved Parliament, and the new elections brought in a Tory majority who swiftly passed reactionary legislation"--Provided by publisher.Political partiesGreat BritainHistoryGreat BritainHistoryAnne, 1702-1714Great BritainPolitics and government1702-1714Great BritainCourt and courtiersBiographyPolitical partiesHistory.941.069092Carnell Rachel1678529MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808090803321Backlash4118491UNINA